Re: Offtopic : I need a little help with a C program

[Greg Wooledge <greg_(_at_)_wooledge_(_dot_)_org>]

Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens (ssc_(_at_)_coolspot_(_dot_)_de) wrote:

> I wrote a little server which should become the base
> of a small specialized proxy.

> it creates zombie processes after a while.
> I can't see why.

A zombies is created when a parent fails to wait(2) (or wait3(2), etc.)
for its child process.  Don't neglect your children.

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